codling moth

Noun
Synonyms: codling mothcodlin mothCarpocapsa pomonella

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a small grey moth whose larvae live in apples and English walnutsSynonyms: codling mothcodlin mothCarpocapsa pomonella
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Codlin \Cod"lin\, Codling \Cod"ling\, n. [Cf. AS. cod[ae]ppel a quince.] (a) An apple fit to stew or coddle. (b) An immature apple. [1913 Webster]
A codling when 't is almost an apple.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

Codling moth (Zool.), a small moth (Carpocapsa Pomonella), which in the larval state (known as the apple worm) lives in apples, often doing great damage to the crop. [1913 Webster]

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